Sentence examples for finished legislation from inspiring English sources

The nine-page document that Mr. Warner and his Senate partners released on Tuesday is far from finished legislation, and there is just not time to finalize it before the debt ceiling deadline of Aug. 2. Lawmakers could conclude it's a road too far, he conceded.

One reason those achievements get relatively little attention is that everybody ― politicians, the media, the public at large ― compares Obamacare to mythical alternatives that don't even exist at the conceptual level, let alone as finished legislation.

This week, the chairmen of the two relevant Senate committees are finishing legislation to be considered by their panels this month.

In Washington, Congress is finishing legislation that would tighten sanctions further on Iran's oil sector.

"He understands the business more than anybody". When a House subcommittee last fall was finishing legislation covering the digital TV transition, Walden pointed out a technical glitch affecting transponders that help beam broadcast signals through mountainous areas.

The effort by Alexander and Murray will begin with a series of hearings starting the week of Sept. 4, Alexander said Tuesday, announcing his interest in finishing legislation by the end of the month to head off potentially large insurance rate hikes for 2018.

The goal is to finish the legislation by early February, before Mr. Obama gives his State of the Union address.

The provision was one of many added to the bill as senators rushed to finish the legislation by Christmas Eve.

Inexplicably, the White House, which insists that bringing stability to Afghanistan and Pakistan is a top national security priority, did not press the leadership to finish the legislation.

A bipartisan group of senators is close to finishing consensus legislation to enhance background checks on gun owners – which may well emerge as the chief Senate bill on gun safety – and President Obama will press his case for new restrictions on guns in his State of the Union address before Congress, where victims of gun violence will be peppered throughout the audience.

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders moved quickly into intense negotiations with the Obama administration on Tuesday after the Senate voted to approve an $838 billion economic stimulus plan, and officials said the talks were on a fast track to finish the legislation perhaps by the end of this week.